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The Weight of Nature

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The Weight of NatureBy: Clayton Page Aldern A New York Times Editors' Choice A Rachel Carson Environment Book Award Finalist A Next Big Idea Club and Sierra Magazine Must Read Book A Behavioral Scientists Notable Book of 2024 A Financial Times Best Summer Book A Bookshop Most Notable Science Book of 2024 A deeply reported, eye opening book about climate change, our brains, and the weight of nature on us all. The march of climate change is stunning and vicious, with

By: Clayton Page Aldern     
A New York Times Editors' Choice

A Rachel Carson Environment Book Award Finalist

A Next Big Idea Club and Sierra Magazine Must-Read Book

A Behavioral Scientist’s Notable Book of 2024

A Financial Times Best Summer Book

A Bookshop Most Notable Science Book of 2024

A deeply reported, eye-opening book about climate change, our brains, and the weight of nature on us all.


The march of climate change is stunning and vicious, with rising seas, extreme weather, and oppressive heat blanketing the globe. But its effects on our very brains constitute a public-health crisis that has gone largely unreported. Based on seven years of research, this book by the award-winning journalist and trained neuroscientist Clayton Page Aldern, synthesizes the emerging neuroscience, psychology, and behavioral economics of global warming and brain health. A masterpiece of literary journalism, this book shows readers how a changing environment is changing us today, from the inside out.

Aldern calls it the weight of nature.

Hotter temperatures make it harder to think clearly and problem-solve. They increase the chance of impulsive violence. Immigration judges are more likely to reject asylum applications on hotter days. Umpires, to miss calls. Air pollution, heatwaves, and hurricanes can warp and wear on memory, language, and sensory systems; wildfires seed PTSD. And climate-fueled ecosystem changes extend the reach of brain-disease carriers like mosquitos, brain-eating amoebas, and the bats that brought us the mental fog of long COVID.

How we feel about climate change matters deeply; but this is a book about much more than climate anxiety. As Aldern richly details, it is about the profound, direct action of global warming on our brains and behavior—and the most startling portrait yet of unforeseen environmental influences on our minds. From farms in the San Joaquin Valley and public schools across the United States to communities in Norway’s Arctic, the Micronesian islands, and the French Alps, this book is an unprecedented portrait of a global crisis we thought we understood.
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★★★★★ 5
Love these and will be getting more. Very pretty.
Color: Oak, Size: 39.4"L x 8"D, Set of 2, Color: Oak, Size: 39.4"L x 8"D, Set of 2
Very nice shelves they look great up and were easy to install. Same color shown in picture. They seem very sturdy on the wall and I love the look of them. They are light weight and a good size just a little plunder 40 inches. Good quality for the price. I'll be buying again.
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Color: Walnut, Size: 23.6"L x 8"D, Set of 2, Color: Walnut, Size: 23.6"L x 8"D, Set of 2
Just as good as expected! Great quality, no issues. Easy to construct and look amazing!
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Connie
Grantham, US
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Great looking shelves
Color: Walnut, Size: 47.2"L x 8"D, Set of 2, Color: Walnut, Size: 47.2"L x 8"D, Set of 2
Easy to install because of the included instructions. They look great. They’re stable and they included all of the hardware that you will need for installation. I use them for my plants.
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Laura Holm
Lexington, US
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Decent shelf but could be improved upon
Color: White, Size: 31.5"L x 8"D, Set of 2
Not bad but could be a little more sturdy. We used longer and a little larger screws to try to make it better and that did help but it still has a little wobble in it. It will serve the purpose for me in my bathroom. They look nice except it would be nice if they would include some of those little covers to go over the screws in the bottom of the shelf so you wouldn’t see them. They really show up on the white shelves.
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Clean looking and sturdy
Color: Black, Size: 31.5"L x 8"D, Set of 2, Color: Black, Size: 31.5"L x 8"D, Set of 2
Ordered these to display my mugs. The shelves were easy to install, they are sturdy, easy to care for, and look great.
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